PETERTHEEATER Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said: Does this also include National Parks in the Northern Mountains where you cannot even see the sea from the top of the Mountain ? Those bare bum monkeys aint gonna like it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 17 minutes ago, PEE TEE said: Its ok just use coconut oil You'll finish up smelling like a fried Bounty Bar. LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNROAMIN Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 3 hours ago, utalkin2me said: Does it hurt the coral more than dropping anchors on it? Or having hundreds of tourist boats churning up the water and dumping trash overboard. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NightSky Posted August 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2021 3 hours ago, geovalin said: Hawaii and a lot of other islands / states in Pacific Ocean but also Mexico took the same measure. Others will follow. This is a good decision. Bravo As others have said they should ban the ingredients from sale / importation rather than ban all health protecting sun screens. Also to protect the corals why not ban those silly polluting jet ski and restrict shipping from those areas? On the contrary this is a rash, POOR decision with no thought put into or the knock on consequences of it just like most other decisions made by the Thai establishment. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thunglom Posted August 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2021 (edited) This is a classic "knee-jerk" dictum from some nabob who really hasn't researched this or thought it through. It is obviously aimed at the marine National parks rather than the majority of parks which are nowhere near the sea. I would have thought the obvious thing to do would be to consult with countries like the USA nd Australia who have to mange vast areas of marine parks. This dictum is stark reminder of the incompetence in Thai management of their national parks. Rather than a total restructuring they rely on little sound bites to give the impression they are doing their job, when in reality it is an example of the ineptitude of those in charge. or they could have spent 5 minutes to read a few article like this..... https://www.consumerreports.org/sunscreens/the-truth-about-reef-safe-sunscreen/ Edited August 4, 2021 by Thunglom 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunglom Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 12 minutes ago, NightSky said: or they could have spent five minutes to read this article... https://www.consumerreports.org/sunscreens/the-truth-about-reef-safe-sunscreen/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamNoone88 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Fix the economy and vaccination program in any order! Just do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brianthainess Posted August 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2021 Good to know all park officials, will be able to read the English ingredients in very small print and know which one's are banned. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryofcrete Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 3 hours ago, spidermike007 said: This current administration is infamous for pledges, declarations, proclamations, silly laws, and promises. Few are even remembered, much less followed up upon two weeks later. Still need to be called out for the stupidity of their absurd laws. Coral is now much more important than protecting humans from Sunstroke , skin cancer or hospitalisation from being cooked. Of course if people dying or very ill from Covid doesn't bother them why would they care ! Beyond comprehension , as usual. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterphuket Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 They also do everything to keep the tourist out. Very clever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swm59nj Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 2 hours ago, samtam said: Exactly how are they going to enforce this ban? Exactly. How will they know if a person is actually wearing sunscreen? Trained dog or invent some sort of scan? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bstafford214 Posted August 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2021 2 hours ago, thaitom said: Start by banning the sales of harmful sunscreens, But no , they wouldn't consider that. Of course they can't follow the logical thing to do. They are more concerned about how much they can fine the tourist and get money from them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCM3 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Dear tourist - we will fine you for using sunscreen in our NPs. But don’t worry, this is impossible since the NPs are all closed anyways…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivas Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 (edited) We've heard some utter insanity down the decades but this one is of truly exceptional quality.....???? Edited August 4, 2021 by Chivas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Misterwhisper Posted August 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2021 Funny. I always thought that the gigantic hordes of ignorant tourists trampling on corals, breaking off pieces as "souvenirs", their excursion boats dropping anchor on coral banks, and their hotels piping raw sewage right into the sea were the real causes for the irreparable damage. Who would've thought that in fact sunscreen was the true culprit all along... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 More self inflicted damage to the all important image of this country. The timing is brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalblue Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Somehow I would think efforts to control raw sewage, chemical waste and plastic waste in thailand pose far greater threats to the environment/marine life than sunscreen…. Low hanging fruit…I would be fine with it but I know thailand is doing a terrible job in protecting their environment from the above hazards….so prioritize and regulate/enforce the other hazards b/f you get to sunscreen… never confuse activity with achievement is my motto…. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Orinoco said: Well done Thailand. The only thing left to do, is to tell the tourists to p-iss off, direct to there faces at the airport. That's Immigration's job isn't it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavezzi Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 I've vitiligo. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensenZ Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 4 hours ago, Shuya said: So the holiday in Thailand now comes with Covid AND skin cancer. Nice. They can try to improve the coral, but no one will come to see it. Are they going to run around sniffing visitors to detect sunscreen. Maybe some trained sunscreen sniffer dogs. Slap some 100K fines on tourists for wearing sunscreen and it will be on every news channel around the globe LOL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogfish180 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 4 hours ago, utalkin2me said: Does it hurt the coral more than dropping anchors on it? Or nets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernietravelling Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 4 hours ago, geovalin said: Hawaii and a lot of other islands / states in Pacific Ocean but also Mexico took the same measure. Others will follow. This is a good decision. Bravo The main problem with all these rules is: They do not really improve environmental protection a lot, concentrating on minor issues, and distract from the main issues. A good example for this are the rules in some African countries, like Kenya, prohibiting the use of any plastic bags in your luggage and checked by customs upon entry: The main problem for ocean life is micro-plastics. And the main polluter are the antifoulings of big sea ships. Any laws in Kenya against those? - of cause not, money rules... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 Posted August 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2021 54 minutes ago, terryofcrete said: Still need to be called out for the stupidity of their absurd laws. Coral is now much more important than protecting humans from Sunstroke , skin cancer or hospitalisation from being cooked. Of course if people dying or very ill from Covid doesn't bother them why would they care ! Beyond comprehension , as usual. The truly astonishing part, is that most of the coral is gone. Dead. On their watch. From raw sewage, and jet skis, and fuel dumping and trash dumping. A myriad of marine enforcement laws, that were not enforced. So, this is some sort of trick intended to deceive the most naive, or some NGO prepared to make a pledge of some sort. There is nothing about this that is real. These guys care less for the environment, than they do hiphop. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orinoco Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 (edited) The Thai people need to stop using there country as a rubbish bin. Also stop trying to blame the foreigners again. Shame on you Thailand Edited August 4, 2021 by Orinoco 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobydog Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 5 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said: Does this also include National Parks in the Northern Mountains where you cannot even see the sea from the top of the Mountain ? Probably, these fikwhits will be cancelling three meals a day soon so why not reduce breathing to once every minute, makes as much bludy sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 (edited) I guess that's good. I do know that the run off from agriculture land is a culprit with the overuse of "banned" pesticides. I usually put it on before I leave my resorts room. Edited August 4, 2021 by MrJ2U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensenZ Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 20 minutes ago, Bernietravelling said: The main problem with all these rules is: They do not really improve environmental protection a lot, concentrating on minor issues, and distract from the main issues. A good example for this are the rules in some African countries, like Kenya, prohibiting the use of any plastic bags in your luggage and checked by customs upon entry: The main problem for ocean life is micro-plastics. And the main polluter are the antifoulings of big sea ships. Any laws in Kenya against those? - of cause not, money rules... The main problem for coral is not plastic or sunscreen. Higher water temperature kills corals. 1 °C above average can kill it. In 2016-2017 they estimated 29 - 50% of Great Barrier Reef's coral died (bleached), and that water is very clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobydog Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 25 minutes ago, dogfish180 said: Or nets! These jerks are just trying to divert attention from the utter fikup they have achieved so far to avert this current situation! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjaidee Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcmj Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Hell. I would just set up a stand with tanning lotions that do not have those chemicals at the beach and make a killing. That is whenever it opens again. Although I’m pretty sure they already have that covered by the local people promoting special Thai sunscreens. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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